Strontium isotopic-paleontological method as a high-resolution paleosalinity tool for lagoonal environments

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1003-1006

  Reinhardt, Eduard G ^a   Stanley, Daniel Jean ^b   Patterson, R Timothy ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; STRONTIUM; WATER;

FRESH WATER; GYPSUM CRYSTALS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCREASED DISCHARGES; PALEOCLIMATIC INFORMATION; PORE WATERS; SALINITY CHANGE; SR ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

LAKES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAGOON; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EGYPT; NILE RIVER DELTA;

EID: 84879885932     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1003:SIPMAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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